Tag: Evo Morales

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Foreign leaders condemn attack against Argentine VP

  

  Foreign leaders have expressed their support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who survived an assassination attempt late Thursday after the gun pointed at her head failed to fire.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

  Bolivia: Theft of Evo's cell phone prompts large-scale police deployment

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales had his cell phone stolen during the weekend, which prompted a full-scale operation to retrieve the device, it was reported Sunday.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Evo says Argentine motorbiker was not denied medical help

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Tuesday said over lunch at Casa Rosada with President Alberto Fernández that the retired Salta teacher who died after a motorcycling accident near Santa Cruz de la Sierra had received all possible medical care, thus contradicting statements from his family and friends.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolivia: UN Rapporteur says Áñez's conviction tinted with political meddling

  

  Former Peruvian Foreign Minister Diego García-Sayán has said he saw politics had meddled in the judicial ruling whereby former Bolivian interim President Janine Àñez was sentenced to ten years in jail for crimes against the Constitution.

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Bolivian court hands down 10-year jail sentence to former ruler Áñez

  

  Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crimes of breach of duties and resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws in the so-called “Coup d'État II” case stemming from the November 2019 uprising which brought Evo Morales' rule to an end.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Evo Morales supports Vladimir Putin and calls for mobilization against NATO

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Monday posted on Twitter he supported Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. He also pointed out that military supremacy in the hands of the United States was a threat to world peace.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 02:41 UTC

  Bolivian gov't and Evo do not see Ukraine crisis the same way

  

  Despite belonging to the same political party (Movement Towards Socialism - MAS), the current government of Bolivia and former President Evo Morales have dissenting views regarding the Ukraine crisis.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  ICC prosecutor not to investigate Evo for 2020 road blockades in Bolivia

  

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Dutch town of The Hague has refused to iunvestigate former Bolivian President Evo Morales for alleged crimes against humanity, it was announced Monday.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 19:59 UTC

  New charges to be filed against Jeanine Áñez in Bolivia

  

  Bolivian judicial sources Monday reported a fourth set of charges could be filed against former interim President Jeanine Áñez for crimes that took place during her spell as acting head of state.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  UN envoy due in Bolivia to monitor Áñez's trial

  

  A Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers sent by the United Nations (UN) is due in Bolivia this coming Tuesday at the invitation of the local government to assess the conditions under which former interim President Jeanine Áñez is brought to trial.